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Five ways to: Do daily review

10 January 2022

It’s now very common practice for teachers to begin a lesson with some form of retrieval practice activity. This is a good, common sense idea – there’s good reason to…

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Ofsted webinar on early reading

9 January 2022

Ofsted have released a pre-recorded webinar led by Shazia Akram, about the importance of early reading and what inspectors look at on inspection. Click here to access the webinar on…

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Effective teachers and teaching in the primary classroom

8 January 2022

What does great primary school teaching look like? How can we develop effective teachers and teaching in the primary classroom? In this podcast, experts offer practical advice as well as…

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Help the National Portrait Gallery develop their schools offer

7 January 2022

National Portrait Gallery is looking for teachers to help develop their schools offer. The National Portrait Gallery is looking for teachers – secondary art, secondary history, primary school and teachers…

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How (and why) to get your child to read more

6 January 2022

Reading is an essential skill that contributes to the development of literacy comprehension skills, communication skills, and overall academic performance. However, young people today are reading fewer books for pleasure compared to…

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Dual coding – how can it be used in Languages

5 January 2022

Teachers spend a lot of their time planning and designing engaging resources for our pupils. ‘What is the purpose of these resources?’ At the heart of learning is the imparting…

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Education recovery in schools: autumn 2021

4 January 2022

A briefing on the continued impact of the pandemic and education recovery has been released, which draws on evidence from inspections that Ofsted carried out in autumn 2021. Inspection handbooks…

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Open letter from Education Secretary

3 January 2022

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has written an open letter to education and childcare leaders on the return to education settings in 2022 and what it will look like. In this…

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Using metacognition to support problem-solving in maths

3 January 2022

Kirstin Mulholland, content specialist for maths at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), has written a thought provoking blog exploring how teaching staff can support pupils to problem-solve effectively using metacognition.…

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Ofsted art curriculum webinar

2 January 2022

Ofsted have released a pre-recorded webinar led by Jennifer Gibbs, HMI, Subject Lead for Art and Design on which art knowledge is most significant and what structure is needed to…

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Support to deal with prejudice in schools

22 December 2021

Hope not Hate Charitable Trust’s Education Unit work with Key Stage 2 pupils to give them a holistic understanding of what prejudice and discrimination is, how it forms and the…

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Pupil Premium funding rate for 2022/23 released

21 December 2021

The government is increasing the amount of funding allocated to disadvantaged pupils for 2022/23. The rate for primary-aged pupils eligible for free school meals, or who have been eligible in…

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